//------------------------------// // (Part 2) Impossible Possibilities // Story: Yugioh Spiez: Opperation Duel: Final Season // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The entire army was enclosed in a magical dome, still surrounded by the more massive army of Equestrians, glaring and snickering at them from outside. Some of the monsters made ugly teasing faces, which frightened Clover. Tami was scared too and held tightly onto Lee crying “Save me! Don’t let them get me!” “Tami… choking me… again!” groaned Lee as he struggled to pries himself free. The creatures were all beginning to argue with one another about what to do with the “Human slime” as the worded it, but ultimately decided to wait for Celestia to return, and then decide what to do. “I don’t like the sound of that.” said Marc; he was actually more worried about the Earth than his own fate. “Do you think Mykan and Sabrina are okay?” “Right now, I don’t even know what to think.” said Lee. The scores still stood… SCORE: Celestia: 6000 VS Sabrina: 4000 & Mykan: 3500 …and Sabrina and I were still not looking in too good shape. “You seem so confident that you’ll win, Celestia.” I said “Why shouldn’t I?” hissed Celestia “I have you both in a perfect deadlock; thanks to my Golden Castle of Stromberg.” Sabrina smirked almost cheekily “You may think your castle is invincible, just because you made it so; but one thing Mykan and I keep in mind is… every card has a weakness.” “Right…” I said “We’ll find some way around your defenses, and then we’ll turn this entire duel around.” Celestia scoffed at us “Impossible! I designed this card so perfectly; there is no way around it. You both will fall to my power, and your world will then follow as it is exterminated from all existence… …For now though, I shall place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Now it was Sabrina’s turn, she drew a card. “Ah, just what I needed. I activate MONSTER REBORN! I’ll use it to revive my monster, CYBER NOVA DRAGON!” (Atk: 2100) “I already disposed of that creature once.” snarled Celsetia “What possible good can there be of you reviving it?” Sabrina smirked “You’ll see; my dragon has one other special ability you may find a bit unappealing to you. I can instantly overlay my Cyber Nova Dragon by itself, so I can rebuild the overlay network. Now I summon forth a strong beast known as CYBER DRAGON INFINITY!” (Atk: 2100) “Yes, that’s a great monster to summon, honey.” I said to Sabrina, and she looked and me in a cheeky way and fluttered her eyes, but Celestia merely laughed “You fell right into my trap; BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE!” “Ah!” Sabrina gasped. “This trap destroys any monster you special summon with more than 1500 attack points and banishes it completely.” The ground beneath the monster began to glow brightly as the hole was ready to materialize, but suddenly… the light had ceased. “What’s happening?!” snarled Celestia, and she noticed her trap card was being stunned by electrical jolts, which were emitting form my side of the field. “You…! You did this!” “Correct…!” I said “And thanks to my TRAP STUN, no traps can be activated for the remainder of this turn.” Celestia growled furiously. I gazed at my wife, and she smiled thankfully. “Now then…” Sabrina said “Allow me to explain how my new monster works. It gains 200 attack points for each overlay unit tied to it, but that’s not all it can do, I can use its natural ability to take any face-up attack position monster and attach it as another overlay unit, and I think I know just which one to pick.” “My Skypalace…! You wouldn’t dare…?!” “Just try me…” hissed Sabrina, and sure enough, the skypalace was transferred to her monster, and raised its attack to 2500. “Cyber Dragon Infinity, attack! Destroy her Nightmare Horse!” “You fool!” snarled Celestia “Haven’t you forgotten about my castle? When you attack, your monster is destroyed!” “I haven’t forgotten…” snapped Sabrina “That’s why I’m activating my dragon’s special ability; by using one overlay unit, it may lower its attack, but now I can negate the effects of one card that activates.” Celestia gasped in outrage, and Sabrina continued her attack, destroying the Nightmare Horse. (Atk: 2300) Vs (Atk: 500) SCORE: Celestia: 4200 VS Sabrina: 4000 & Mykan: 3500 “Great shot, Sabrina!” I cheered “Even though her castle can’t be destroyed by card effects, it doesn’t mean we can’t disable its powers.” Sabrina smiled triumphantly. “Now I’ll activate the SOUL RELEASE spell, which lets me banish up to five cards from my graveyard, but I choose to remove from play only two cards. Then, I’ll place my last card facedown, and that’s all.” “My move now…” I said as I drew a card. “I play POT OF GREED so that I may draw two cards.” The two cards that I drew weren’t too bad, but I was beginning to grow concerned. So far, Sabrina had been the one doing all the attacking, while I hardly did anything at all. At least my castle gate wearing the Ring of Magnetism would keep us safe from attacks. Sabrina even gave me a look that she was grateful for all I had done, especially all the times I saved her from being hit hard. “I’ll place these two cards facedown, and that ends my turn.” “Is that all?” hissed Celestia “I thought you were devoted to your wife, and yet you haven’t launched a single attack all duel long.” Sabrina and I didn’t like her taunting. Celestia drew her next card, giving her five, and she laughed sinisterly. “This is just what I needed.” Sabrina and I didn’t like the sounds of that. “Firstly, however, the effect of my Castle forces the both of you to lose half the cards in both of your decks again.” Sabrina and growled as more of our cards left us. Now were both starting to run pretty low on cards. “If we keep losing cards like this…” I thought “…We might not be able to win the duel at all.” Sabrina thought as well. Celestia snickered “And now, I shall use my Castle’s power to special summon a creature from my deck; STAR SERAPH SCALE!” (Atk: 1500) Sabrina and I both recognized that card. “The Star Seraph’s!” I cried softly. “But they weren’t even shipped out to stores yet.” added Sabrina. Celestia snickered “I suppose then you already know of my monster’s special ability. When it is special summoned, I may special summon another Star Seraph Scale, and with that I can also call forth STAR SERAPH SCEPTER!” (Atk: 1500) (Atk: 1800) “She summoned three monsters in one turn.” cried Sabrina. “She is planning something extremely large.” I added. “Oh, I am indeed…” said Celestia “Now I reveal my trap, XYZ REBORN, which I shall use to revive my Skypalace Babylon, and attach this card to it as an overlay unit.” (Atk: 3800) Sabrina and I both felt our stomachs churning with worry. “And now…” Celestia sneered “I shall equip the palace with this; XYZ CROWN!” Sabrina and I knew what that card did. Not only did it now treat the skypalace’s ranks as levels, but if Celestia were use it in an Xyz summoning, it would count as two monsters of the same level. “Now then, since my Skypalace was Ranked 11, that puts its level as 11, but I am able change that by discarding from my hand NOISY GNAT! It adds one level to the creature, reaching it to 12!” “Twelve?” Sabrina and I both cried out together. “What, you can’t count?” Celestia mocked. Both of us were not amused. “And now, behold the power of this spell; GALAXY QUEEN’S LIGHT! It allows me to target my Skypalace, and now all the monsters on the field become level twelve, just like it is! “This cannot be good!” cried Sabrina. “Steady Sabrina!” I said sounding tense. Celestia’s body enveloped in a bright steady glow of light “Prepare yourselves for the ultimate monster you will ever see.” she sneered “I overlay all my monsters to build the overlay network!” The overlay network appeared in the sky, but never had it looked as enormous and violent. Large energy bolts struck all around and the ground quaked. Then, right before us appeared what had to be the single largest duel monster ever known. “Behold… NUMBER C10000: NUMERRONIUS!” (Atk: 10,000) Yet another card that had not been completed, or even given a name, point values or any special abilities; stolen from the archives. “Ten-thousand points, and six overlay units?!” cried Sabrina. “This is ridiculous!” I snarled. Celestia snickered “What, I thought you always leapt at challenges thrown your way. Oh, and while I’m at it, the three Star Seraph’s granted me special privileges by using them to Xyz Summon. The two scales each let me draw one card, and the Scepter allows me to destroy one card on the field…!” “My Ring of Magnetism…!” I cried as the card was vanquished. “And now, I may draw yet again…” hissed Celestia. Sabrina and I couldn’t understand something; why she would destroy just the ring and not my castle itself. We were soon about to find out. “Now that we are ready, allow me to explain just how this new monster of mine works, since I specified it to my favor. Firstly; my Numerronius can only be destroy by another Number, which neither of you seem to have.” She then turned to Sabrina seeing her monster was the logical choice to attack, and she ordered her monster to strike. She was really in trouble now, and couldn’t defend herself at all. “You are through!” Celestia shouted. “I wouldn’t be so sure of that.” I shouted. “What?” snapped Celestia, and her monster stopped dead in its tracks just inches before Sabrina’s dragon, and then I revealed why. “You sent this card to my graveyard when I was forced to discard half my deck; ELECTROMAGNETIC TURTLE! When I banish it from my graveyard, I can end your battle phase immediately, thus sparing Sabrina from harm.” Celestia grunted softly, but then she snickered “So, you managed to avert my assault again, but I’m afraid it will not amount to anything, you just activated another ability of Numerroius.” Sabrina and I were confused. “You see, when my battle phase ends, I now have the power to storm the field and destroy each and every monster you both control.” “What? All our monsters…?” I snapped. “I think not!” said Sabrina “You forget I can use the effect of my Cyber Dragon Infinity.” “I don’t think so…” snapped Celestia and she quickly activated a card she held “I’m certain you recognize this; it’s a card you played; BOOK OF MOON!” “Ah!” With the activation of that card, Sabrina’s dragon was flipped facedown, unable to use its power, just in time as both it and my castle were destroyed instantly. “And now…” hissed Celestia “Since I destroyed monsters that way, they return straight to the field in defense-mode, but under my control!” (Def: 1600) (Def: 2400) “Our monsters!” cried Sabrina. “So that’s why she didn’t destroy my castle at first.” I said “This is very serious!” “And it will only get more serious, for you.” Celestia thought silently. “Now I’ll throw these two cards facedown, and end my turn. Although, I really don’t see what the point is much longer. Just look at my field, I hold the perfect strategy that renders me completely indestructible. You may have succeeded in striking me a few times, but your luck will not hold forever. This is the end of you, your world, and the beginning of my supreme reign over all worlds anywhere.” Sabrina and I were nearly at a loss for words, or even though. How could this keep happening to us? So many cards not completed were being used us in such a horrid way, and badly tipped the duel in Celestia’s favor. Now she had control of our monsters as well, and who knew what other dastardly things her Nummerious was capable of. I was actually starting to tremble, not knowing what I or Sabrina could possibly do. “Mykan…” Sabrina called to me “Are you all right?” I turned to face my wife, and she could see the fear in my eyes, while at the same time, I could see the same amount of fear in hers, but then again, we could also still see the determination. Neither of us was willing to give up. “Keep on playing!” that was what we pretty much were saying to ourselves and to each other. We both stood tall and glared at Celestia, much to her shock “You still insist on continuing? You should be begging for mercy by now!” “Mercy…? You don’t know what mercy is.” Sabrina said sternly. “First, I draw a card, and now these two cards that removed last turn return to my hand; CARD FROM A DIFFERENT DIMENSION! When I removed these cards from play, they returned to my hand now. Then they go to the graveyard, and we all get to draw two cards for each one.” “So, we each draw four cards; very well.” hissed Celestia. We all drew our cards. Sabrina held five each and Celestia and I each had four. It was somewhat comforting to have fresh hand of cards again to increase our options, but it decreased the amount in our decks even further. We were both starting to run pretty low on cards, and what if we had just helped Celestia out as well?” Still… we had to keep fighting. I nodded at Sabrina, and she nodded at me. “Now then, the first thing I’ll do is summon CYBER KIRIN!” (Atk: 300) “But he won’t be staying long, for I’m sending him to the graveyard. This way, any effect damage I would take this turn will be reduced to zero.” Celestia maintained her cool. “And now… I activate the spell POWER BOND, and in addition, I’ll use CYBERNETIC FUSION SUPPORT!” “What do you think you’re doing?” asked Celestia. “Simple…” Sabrina said thanks to these two cards, I can perform a special type of fusion. Thanks to your castle, I have three CYBER DRAGON CORE(s) in my graveyard, and all of their names are treated as “Cyber Dragon” Now I just pay half of my life points…” SCORE: Celestia: 4200 VS Sabrina: 2000 & Mykan: 3500 “Then banish the monsters so I can use Power Bond to fuse them together, in order to form my CYBER END DRAGON!” (Atk: 4000) ---> (Atk: 8000) “Power Bond automatically doubles its attack when it’s summoned.” Celestia didn’t seem amused at all. “That monster may be powerful, but it isn’t anywhere near as strong as my Numerrious!” “I know…” hissed Sabrina “That’s why I’m not targeting it. I’m going after one of the other monsters you have. For when Cyber End Dragon attacks a monster in defense mode, you get dealt some extreme piercing damage to your life points.” Celestia growled, and Sabrina ordered her monster to attack. “Cyber End Dragon, attack Cyber Nova Dragon.” “I suppose you intend to try and block my castle’s ability again?” Celestia asked, but before either of us could say or do anything, “I will save you the trouble…” hissed Celestia “I activate Numerrious’ special ability. Once during anyone’s turn, by using one overlay unit, I am able to target one monster you control and destroy it instantly.” Sabrina and I both gasped in surprise. “Say goodbye to your monster.” “Oh, no you don’t!” I snarled “Now I activate the trap DESTRUCTION JAMMER! All I have to do is discard one card from my hand, and I can counter your monster’s effect and destroy it. So you’re about to lose your own monster.” “Oh, really…? Guess again!” sneered Celestia. “What?” I snapped. “You have stopped my monster’s effect, but my monster still has one other special ability. Whenever it is about to be destroyed, I can destroy any other creature I control instead.” That’s when my castle gate exploded from her side of the field, leaving her monster untouched. “Yeah, big deal!” said Sabrina “My Cyber End Dragon’s attack is still heading for you.” “That’s right…” I said “And I can still stop your castle form destroying it, thanks to my other card. Activate, CALL OF THE HAUNTED, and I shall use it to revive the monster I just discarded; SPELL CANCELLER!” (Atk: 1800) “As long as this monster is in play, no spells can be activated and those that are already in play have their effects negated, including your castle!” Celestia growled, and braced herself as the blast struck her monster hard, resulting in a huge explosion. “So there!” snapped Sabrina, but as the smoke cleared, we both could hear Celestia laughing softly. When the smoke cleared completely, Celestia’s monster still stood, and she didn’t take any damage. “You really think you can strike me all that easily?” she teased “Just before your attack struck me, I used my WABOKU trap, sparing my monster from destruction, and I took no damage either.” Sabrina and I both growled in outrage, but at least Sabrina still had her supped up dragon, and thanks to Cyber Kirin, her Power Bond damage was negated. “I’ll place two cards facedown, and end my turn.” “My move…” I said as I drew a card, but my deck had hardly too many cards left to spare; less than ten, to be precise. Pretty soon, my deck and Sabrina’s would be empty, and we’d both lose the duel automatically. Still, thanks to my Spell Canceler, the castle’s effects were negated for a while, but I had a feeling it wouldn’t last long. So I decided to play my next move wisely. “Firstly, I’ll summon BIG SHIELD GARDNA in defense-mode!” (Def: 2600) “And next, I’ll turn my Spell Canceller into defense as well.” (Def: 1600) “Then I place one card facedown, and end my turn.” “Just a moment…” hissed Celestia “You forget the special ability of Numerrious? I can now use an overlay unit to destroy one monster you control.” I winced in shock and watched as my Spell Canceller was vanquished. “No!” I shouted. Then I noticed my extra deck started to glow “What’s this? What’s going on?” “Oh, just another ability of my monster.” hissed Celestia “You see, when I successfully destroy a monster, you are now force to summon any Chaos Number from you extra deck regardless of summoning conditions.” “But… I only have one Chaos Number.” I muttered, and sure enough, my monster was summoned instantly; NUMBER C80: REQUIEM IN BERSERK! (Atk: 0) Despite that my monster had appeared, my turn had already ended, and there wasn’t much I could do. “Now then…” sneered Celestia “With your Spell Canceller gone, my castle reenergizes.” She then then drew a card, "...and you both know what that means; say good bye to half more of your decks!” This was it now; Sabrina and I each had hardly enough cards left to fill a single hand with a large draw. “Your decks are starting to look thin, and your options are running low. I will admit, you and you r kind were worthy opponents, and I will miss having powerful adversaries to joust with.” Sabrina and I didn’t like the way she was talking. “Firstly, I shall invoke the power of Cyber Dragon Infinity, which I shall use to snatch your Chaos Number, and use it as an overlay unit!” “No!” I shouted “Yes!” snarled Celestia “I am also able to use my monster’s special ability again, which I shall use to destroy Big Shield Garnda!” My monster was destroyed, and this time I had no further Chaos Numbers to summon, which left me completely wide open. “And now… the time has come.” Celestia hissed “I must admit, you and your band of duelists were indeed worthy adversaries, and it will be quite boring not having anyone strong to give me a challenge, but now… it all shall end for you both here, and then… your world is doomed!” To Be Continued…!